I'm thinking about 18" Drag DR15's, yes or no and why

 

No.

youll have to run rubberbands, youll dent rims, youll rub, and your ride quality will suffer.

not familiar with those rims but usually 18" rims are heavy, which will slow you down alot

And 18's look funny on a tiburon

 

everyones going to say no. what is your focus with the car. show or race? i had 18s for a while and loved them with 35 profile tires never had a problem with rubbing. get good rims though or they will bend.
by the way alex, my 18s looked really nice. so ha

ahh the old tib. brings back memories

 

No.

Because you'll come in here wanting to know how to increase your performance after sticking those huge things on.

 

Well, I want to get 18's because I want to enter it into shows like Hot Import Nights, so yea, I want big rims for my bodykit and such. Although, from what I understand, big rooms DO slow down your ride, and I also plan on turboing my car.

The whole reason I wanted 18's was because a friend of mine spent 750$ on drag DR11 17" rims and tires, he's not too happy with them and already wants to replace them, after like 4 months.... I don't want to go with something I'll be unhappy with, and if my ride handles like shit from big rims, that's a problem, but if they don't fill the car good enough, that's a problem too....

The thing is, it's f*cking hard to find cheap, nice, 4 lug rims... Any suggestions on sites?

 

Correct me if Im wrong but wouldnt bigger heavier rims also put a crapload of stress on the bearings and axles?

17's is as far as I would go, and tbh I prefer my 15's with the higher profile tire.. The tib is hard and bumpy enough as it is (hence the tires I chose) but it was awful when it had the real lo pros on.

Oh and after you change the rim to ground ratio your speedo will be messed up.. Im sure I heard this somewhere, youll also put more miles on your car in less time.. So make sure you get all that taken care of.

 

you need to decide. drag racing or show? drag racing isn't pretty, it's fun. If you want to go faster on the track go with a smaller (and more importantly LIGHTWEIGHT) rim that will accept a wide-sized slick. If you want to go show get some 40" rotors with Hyundai drilled into them and 22"inch rims...

by the way non-drilled, non-slotted type rotors stop better than drilled/slotted rotors... (i.e. don't get drilled/slotted for drag racing...)

 

here's what i have to say. if you're putting heavy 18's on a tiburon then you don't know the tiburon as well as you think you do.

18's on an S2000, Mustang, Corvette, maybe 2003+ Tiburon = Fine.
18's on a 1996-2001 Tiburon = Pointless.

 

18" rims will look hilarious with stock brake rotors.

 

Kinda like a 6 foot 8 300 pound football player with a one inch penis? lmao.gif